Featured Publications
The Geriatric Emergency Care Applied Research (GEAR) network approach: a protocol to advance stakeholder consensus and research priorities in geriatrics and dementia care in the emergency department
Hwang U, Carpenter C, Dresden S, Dussetschleger J, Gifford A, Hoang L, Leggett J, Nowroozpoor A, Taylor Z, Shah M, Bellolio M, Biese K, Binkley C, Bott N, Brody A, Carpenter C, Clark S, Dresden S, Forester S, Gettel C, Goldberg E, Greenberg A, Hammouda N, Han J, Hastings N, Hogan T, Hung W, Hwang U, Kayser J, Kennedy M, Ko K, Lesser A, Linton E, Liu S, Malsch A, Melady C, Morrow-Howell N, Nassisi D, Nerbonne L, Nyamu S, Ohuabunwa U, Platts-Mills T, Ragsdale L, Richardson L, Ringer T, Rosen A, Rosenberg M, Shah M, Skains R, Skees S, Souffront K, Stabler L, Sullivan C, Suyama J, Vargas S, Vaughan E, Voils C, Wei D, Allore H, Aloysi A, Belleville M, Bellolio M, Betz M, Biese K, Brandt C, Carnahan R, Carr D, Chin-Hansen J, Daven M, Degesys N, Ellenbogen M, Escobedo M, Falvey J, Gill T, Gilmore-Bykovskyi A, Goldberg E, Han J, Hardy J, Hastings S, Hirshon J, Hogan T, Hung W, Isaacs E, Kelly K, Kennedy M, Kind A, Malicki C, Malone M, Marottoli R, Moccia M, Mor V, Morris J, Howell N, Nowroozpoor A, Ohuabunwa U, Oiyemhonlan B, Perry W, Raven M, Rising K, Sano M, Stabler L, Sullivan C, Suyama J, Swartzberg J, Tolia V, Vann A, Weintraub S, Zieman S, Dussetschleger J, Gifford A, Leggett J, Nowroozpoor A, Taylor Z. The Geriatric Emergency Care Applied Research (GEAR) network approach: a protocol to advance stakeholder consensus and research priorities in geriatrics and dementia care in the emergency department. BMJ Open 2022, 12: e060974. PMID: 35459682, PMCID: PMC9036447, DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-060974.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEmergency departmentOlder adultsEmergency careEmergency care needsGeriatric emergency carePriority topic areasPeer-reviewed journalsClinical gapsCare needsResearch prioritiesCare partnersConsensus workshopSystematic reviewHealthcare needsDementia careIntervention impactDissemination of findingsTrial evaluationCareImplementation scienceAdultsResearch NetworkReviewStandardised searchHuman subjects research
2023
Automating risk stratification for geriatric syndromes in the emergency department
Haimovich A, Shah M, Southerland L, Hwang U, Patterson B. Automating risk stratification for geriatric syndromes in the emergency department. Journal Of The American Geriatrics Society 2023, 72: 258-267. PMID: 37811698, PMCID: PMC10866303, DOI: 10.1111/jgs.18594.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchRisk stratificationGeriatric syndromesCognitive impairmentGeriatric Emergency Department GuidelinesHigh-risk patientsRisk stratification approachHigh-risk populationED patient volumeEmergency Department GuidelinesGeriatric emergency careElectronic health recordsOlder patientsRisk patientsPalliative careEmergency departmentProvider burdenImproved careLife careEmergency carePatient volumeDepartment guidelinesOlder adultsHealth recordsCareEHR data
2015
Redesigned Geriatric Emergency Care May Have Helped Reduce Admissions Of Older Adults To Intensive Care Units
Grudzen C, Richardson LD, Baumlin KM, Winkel G, Davila C, Ng K, Hwang U, investigators T. Redesigned Geriatric Emergency Care May Have Helped Reduce Admissions Of Older Adults To Intensive Care Units. Health Affairs 2015, 34: 788-795. PMID: 25941280, DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2014.0790.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGeriatric emergency careMount Sinai Medical CenterPalliative care principlesIntensive care unitEmergency careCare unitEmergency departmentCare principlesHigh-risk patientsED triage nursesSinai Medical CenterWise programED nurse practitionersED visitorsED revisitsED admissionHospital readmissionMedical CenterNurse practitionersTriage nursesHigh riskHospice careAdmissionOlder adultsStudy period
2013
Transforming Emergency Care For Older Adults
Hwang U, Shah MN, Han JH, Carpenter CR, Siu AL, Adams JG. Transforming Emergency Care For Older Adults. Health Affairs 2013, 32: 2116-2121. PMID: 24301394, PMCID: PMC4070367, DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2013.0670.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEmergency departmentEmergency careHealth care systemOlder adultsCare systemComprehensive discharge planningUS emergency departmentsPatient health outcomesGeriatric emergency careGeriatric Emergency DepartmentBroader health care systemED visitsInitial hospitalizationDischarge planningCare coordinationHealth outcomesObservation unitCareAdultsLengthy evaluationRehospitalizationHospitalizationPatientsVisits
2009
Quality Indicators for Geriatric Emergency Care
Terrell KM, Hustey FM, Hwang U, Gerson LW, Wenger NS, Miller DK, Force O. Quality Indicators for Geriatric Emergency Care. Academic Emergency Medicine 2009, 16: 441-449. PMID: 19344452, DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2009.00382.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEmergency departmentOlder patientsQuality improvement effortsPain managementNursing homesCognitive AssessmentCandidate quality indicatorsGeriatric emergency carePotential quality indicatorsTask ForceED usersTransitional careMedical recordsEmergency physiciansAmerican CollegeEmergency careVulnerable subsetPatient careSystematic reviewHealth care environmentPatientsEmergency practiceImprovement effortsQuality indicatorsAnnual Meeting